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The Books for Clare, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon have been published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. For other counties, manuscript copies are available at the National Library. [2] Those for co Clare were published in the nineteenth century as part of James Frost's The History and Topography of the County of Clare.
The collections document the history of County Roscommon over the centuries. These most notably include a 9th-century slab from St Coman's Abbey, [ 3 ] and a Sheela na gig from Rahara church. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] There is also a replica of the Cross of Cong , which was made in County Roscommon, [ 6 ] along with the Shrine of Manchan , by the master gold ...
Roscommon was the homeland of the Connachta dynasty, and included such kingdoms as Uí Maine, Delbhna Nuadat, Síol Muirdeach, and Moylurg.In addition, it contained areas known as Trícha cét's, Túath and is the homeland of surnames such as Ó Conchobhair (O'Conor, O'Connor), Mac Diarmada (), Ó Ceallaigh (), Ó Birn (Beirne, Byrne, Burns), Ó Duibh (Duff, Duffy, and Dufficy), Mac Donnchadha ...
In 1903, the house became one of the residences of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 11 August 1902 to 11 December 1905. [10] In 1918, the house was raided by Irish Republican Brotherhood members in order to procure arms. [11] Rockingham House again burned down in a fire started by an electrical fault in 1957.
In 2008, a news report said that statistically, people from Roscommon have the longest life expectancy of any county on the island of Ireland. [ 7 ] Seltannasaggart , which is located along the northern border with County Leitrim , is the tallest point in County Roscommon, measuring to a height of 428 m (1,404.20 ft).
The history continued to be full of incident, in the 1220s Boyle became involved in what was termed ‘The Conspiracy of Mellifont’ when that abbey and its various daughter houses attempted to break away from Norman control.<B.W. O'Dwyer><Letters from Ireland 1228-9> After that was resolved the abbey was attacked on a number of occasions such ...
Roscommon barony is located in the centre of County Roscommon, an area with many lakes including Lough Boderg. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The only mountain is Slieve Bawn . [ 7 ]
The MacDermots Roe descend from Dermot Roe (the appellation Roe or Ruadh meaning red in Irish), grandson of Cormac MacDermot, King of Moylurg, 1218–1244. [1] Moylurg was an ancient kingdom in what is now northern County Roscommon, Ireland and lay within the Kingdom of Connacht which included the modern counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.